Street Fighter IV is official, involves fighting

by Richard Mitchell { Oct 17th 2007 at 2:15PM }

You know, we sort of figured there might be another Street Fighter someday, and lo and behold, Capcom has announced Street Fighter 4. The news was broken by Games Radar, though the story has since been pulled for reasons unknown. The game was apparently announced during a Capcom Gamer's Day event in London. The game is more than a year away, so don't start camping out at GameStop just yet. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is all we know. It could be 2D. It could be 3D. It could be some kind of card game for all we know. Feel free to speculate in the comments.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: capcom, sfiv, street-fighter-iv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonah Falcon @ Oct 17th 2007 2:26PM

Ryu Vs. Ken. The classic battle.

Jonah Falcon @ Oct 17th 2007 2:26PM

Ryu Vs. Ken. The classic battle.

DeadPlasmaCell @ Oct 17th 2007 2:33PM

Sweet.. Hope it's not 3D.

Nter @ Oct 17th 2007 2:37PM

From an artistic standpoint that trailer deserves some kind of award.

I have a feeling it will be 3D but with heavy emphasis on the 2D art style.

KoF, ftl.

Xion @ Oct 17th 2007 2:38PM

you forgot to mention that it could not even be on 360!

TORO @ Oct 17th 2007 2:45PM

I'll speculate that the trailer was awesome!

Anthology @ Oct 17th 2007 2:53PM

It looks awesome. I really hope its a 3D with 2D art style like the trailer was.

AoE @ Oct 17th 2007 2:57PM

@Xion... no, Capcom likes money.

Gameplay will be 2d for sure; otherwise they'd have announced it as a new SF EX title, or perhaps come up with a new modifier... but since the title is "Street Fighter IV" the chances of it being anything but 2d gameplay are slim/none.

outforprophets @ Oct 17th 2007 3:11PM

What about that same art style, 2D plane but with 3D graphics a la Smash Bros.

Which would fucking rock btw

SugarDaddy @ Oct 17th 2007 3:22PM

Looks like Ryu won that battle... Damn, I sure hope that's some in-game rendering. Very cool trailer there.

Xion @ Oct 17th 2007 3:26PM

@ AoE"

I don't doubt it will be on 360, but i think its only correct to point out that no platforms have been announced.

Neeko @ Oct 17th 2007 3:29PM

that vid was AMAZING.. wow. i think we need a collection of trailers and vids like that ala TF@,metal gear and SF4.

VampireHunter Z @ Oct 17th 2007 3:31PM

They could render 2D images from 3D artwork. I think that's what they did with Donkey Kong Country back in the day. Personally I want it to look hand drawn manga style. Either way this thing will be amazing.

Mauricio @ Oct 17th 2007 3:35PM

wow. that was a pretty cool Trailer. Art Direction is great. Hopefully the end product resembles what they show in the vid. but who knows.

Tony @ Oct 17th 2007 3:51PM

1up is also stating that SFII HD is delayed till next year to fix lag issues.

However, they also mention it's going to have true widescreen support... Which I thought was already stated to be false since this is mostly going to be sprite replacement.

Did something change?

E.J. @ Oct 17th 2007 3:56PM

I pray for a 2d fighter with realistic 3d art style.

Steinmania @ Oct 17th 2007 4:11PM

I forgot the breathe during that trailer. I can't wait!

dstg_ll @ Oct 17th 2007 4:16PM

Holy Shit!

I can has Striit Feighter?! Now ?

Boff @ Oct 17th 2007 4:36PM

Awww! How good was that video!!!

I hope it's an indication of the art style for the game!

I'm all excited!

Alex W @ Oct 17th 2007 6:11PM

I hope the game looks just like the trailer... that would be so sweet.

DreaDDoctorG @ Oct 17th 2007 7:11PM

That trailer was nothing but straight 'badassery.' Capcom FTW!!!

Darkwun @ Oct 17th 2007 7:39PM

If its 3d they better not screw it up i doubt they'd keep it 2D i reckon they'd try to "move with the times" if its 3D i hope like the first SF EX that was fine the rest sucked cheeks

John @ Oct 17th 2007 7:40PM

If that video looked like the game in anyway, I would buy that SF4 game for 100$

Whatever it looks like we need to feel like we have complete control over the characters, and dont make any characters that are inherently useless most of the time... i.e. a pro ryu would never loose to any level of dhalsim player on the original street fighter 2...

M. Dizzy @ Oct 18th 2007 8:18AM

Three words for you HA DOU KEN!
I don't care if it's 2D or 3D or 3D rendered to look like 2D or 2.5D I WANT THIS GAME! I'll wait a year at most...then I'm heading to capcom and holding the team at gunpoint...no sleep, no food, just finish my Friggin' game!

DragonHeart @ Oct 18th 2007 10:08AM

O O!!! O-M-G Did I see that right, was that SF4? Well after watching it like 20 time's, all i can say is WOW! Ok after watching it agin like 5 times more, (you know you did the same thing). I have come to this point of view. 1. The artwork is amazing! Leading to IMO that this will be some kind of 2D but with a twist, im thinking like that dog game Capcom put out (forget the name plz forgive its Oniki or something) 2. From the fighting I think IMO that there will be dashing, counter moves, and breaking grab's, breaking fall's, and different moves for Ryu & Ken. lol Yeah i reviewed this bad boy alot. Anyhow if it's a 2D, 3D (IMO-dont think so) or a card game (Oh god plz dont make it a card game -.-;) this video alone should get a award. Capcom bring it!

DragonHeart @ Oct 18th 2007 10:27AM

Warning this is my break down of the vid. 1. This looks like it's drawn or some kind of a hand brush type like work. 2. At 00:17 is a nice shot I call "This is going to hurt!" 3. At 00:23 When Ken does the fake uppercut, there is some japanse writing. Anyone know what they mean or say. I say fake cause Ken throws mud/dirt in Ryu face. 4. At 00:42 This looks to be some kind of a dash. 5. At 00:44 is where Ken break's free from Ryu's grab, this will be in the game. 6. At 00:46 is the little hop punch that Ryu has done in SF3, but Ken counter's it! 7. At 00:50 Ryu rolls!?! Can't tell to good. 8. At 00:54 And this happen's very fast, when Ken does his last kick to Ryu when he start's to turn to spin, too the right of the vid is more japanse writing and at the end of this kick is a clue to what kind of art this is with that splash of black that Ken's kick does. 9. At 00:58 as Ryu is about to stand up, close your eyes and just listen to that nice sound or rushing air. Prepare Yourself.

Lucky @ Oct 18th 2007 10:33AM

If the game ends up having the same visuals as that trailer, that would be amazing.

Modeps @ Oct 18th 2007 11:02AM

There was a Street Fighter 3? :o

TurboFool @ Oct 18th 2007 11:36AM

Frickin' awesome trailer. I can't wait for the day that we have systems that can actually handle games that look like that. Would that not be the coolest art style for a game?

jessie @ Oct 23rd 2007 11:46AM

I so agree....trailer looks great, 3D with 2D artwork sounds great. I wonder if PS3 would make it an online game. I know 360 will. And we pretty much know that it's going to be multi-platform seeing Capcom's stance on exclusives as of late.

Bigman2007 @ Nov 8th 2007 3:48PM

Hmmmmm...... to those who believe that it wont be 3D just becuase it lacks the letters "EX" in the title: Firstly, the EX series was made by Arika who had been subcontracted to By Capcom. This was during the days Capcom had not fully perfected 3D style art. THings have changed now with the advent of DMC and Resident Evil 4. Also, this game is being made by Capcom USA and they have not said anything about Arikas involvement.

Bearing this in mind, it still may be 3D and the lack of the use of "EX" simply points to the fact that Arika are not involved and does not say that it is not 3D.